Golf-stroke register



Oct. 16 1923. 1,470,904

B. M. BESKOW GOLF STROKE REGISTER Filed Jah. 14, 1921 4 Sheets-Sheet lOct. 16 1923. 1,470,904

B. M. BESKOW GOLF STROKE REGISTER Filed Jan. 14, 1921 4 Sheets-Sheet 2Oct. 16, 1923.

B. M. BESKOW GOLF STROKE REGISTER Filed Jan. 14, 1921 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 4a 3 0300ZWW l 2?;

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B. M. BESKOW GOLF S TROKE REGI STER Filed Jan. 14, 1921 4 Sheets-Sheet 4J4 J3 42 1d 15 07 4 14/ gmuewfoz:

Patented Oct. 16, 1923.

UNITED STATES BERNHABD'M. BEKOW, OF MIAMI, FLORIDA.

GOLF-STROKE REGISTER.

Application filed January 14, 1921 T all whom it may conoem:

Be it known that I, BERNHARD M. BnsKow, a citizen of the United States,residing at Miami, in the county of Dade and State of Florida, haveinvented or'discovered certain new and useful Improvements in Golf-Stroke Registers, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a golf stroke register comprising means forindicating the strokes for each hole, as also the total number ofstrokes for the entire course, the number of the particular hole beingplayed, and also preferably the number of holes won by each individuallayer in a match game. The improved go f stroke register is preferablyadapted to be attached by a strap to the wrist of the player so as to beconveniently 8.0(8SSlbl8 for use, and eliminates the necessity of ascore card and pencil.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a plan view of the improvedregister showing also a wrist strap. Fig. 2 is a partly broken out planview of the same with the top casing removed. "Figs. 3,4, 5, and 6 aresections of the improved register on lines 3-3, 4-4, 55 and 6-6,respectively, of Fig. 2, with'the top cover in place. Figs. 7, 8, 8', 8and 9 are enlarged diagrammatic views illustrating the operation of theautomatic tripping device. Fig. 9' is a detail yiew of the operatingdevice for the registering dial which indicates the strokes for eachhole. Fig. 10 is a plan view of another form of the invention. Fig. 11is a central longitudinal horizontal section of the same on an enlar dscale. Fig. 12 is a side view of the same ookin from the top of Fig. 11(bot tom up) wit the casing in section. Fig. 13 is a partly sectionalview looking from the bottom of Fig. 11. Fig. 14 is a side view lookingfrom the top of Fig. 11 with the casings in section and showing therelative position of the tripping lugs and tripping arms and slots inthe outer casing part to permit the telescoping of the two casing parts.

Referring to the drawings, and more particularly to Figs. 1 to 9',inclusive, 12 denotes the upper part of the casing and 13 the lower partthereof. The casingpart comprises side walls one of which encircles theother, the outer casing art being rovided with lugs 14 which are nt overt e lower casing part to hold the two parts together. The lower casingpart is preferably provided Serial H0. 437,198.

with struck-out bars 15 adapted to receive a wrist stra 11.

Mounte on a spindle or arbor 17 is a registering dial 16, said arborhaving a bearing at one end in a boss 18 struck up from the lower casingpart 13. The dial 16, which is intended to register the number ofstrokes for each hole, is provided with a series of figures which arearranged to be brought respectively into view through an opening 24: 1nthe upper casing part 12. The dial 16 is preferably formed as a ratchetwheel so that it may be manually moved forward to the extent of onetooth or one number after each stroke by means of a lever 19 pivoted ona boss 18 and having a raised portion 20 provided with a sprin pawl 21adapted to engage the teeth of tEe ratchet wheel dial 16. The part 20 ofthe lever 19 extends outward through a slot 22 in the casing, and thesaid lever is returned to its normal position by a retracting spring 25.Backward movement of the ratchet wheel dial 16 is prevented by a springpawl-16 struck out from the casin After each stroke, or each penalty, te dial 16 will be advanced one number by operating the lever 19 and 20,thus causing a new number to show through the opening 24 in the casinpart 12, and as the said lever is returned y its retracting 5 ring 25 asharp click will be produced as t e spring pawl 21 dro s into a newtooth of the ratchet wheel of t e said dial.

The arbor 17 is mounted for endwise movement in the casing of theregister, being pressed u ward or outward by a spring 27, the said arborhaving a bearing at its upper end in the cap 26 slidingly mounted in araised portion of the top casing part.12.

Fastened to the arbor 17 is an arm 29 which cooperates with an arm 30pivoted on a boss 31 concentric with an arbor 32 having a bearing insaid boss and carrying a registering dial 37 formed as a ratchet wheeland rovided with a series of numerals, 0 to 1 inclusive, and which maybe made to appear successively through an opening 37' in the top casingart 12, the numeral of said dial 37 which is visible denoting the numberof the hole of the eighteen holes of the course which is being played.The arm 30 carries a spring pawl 33 en in the teeth of the ratchet wheeldisk fi sai arm being yieldingly mounted relative to the ratchet disk 37so that when the stroke ratchet disk 16 is rotated backwardsor'counter-clockwise, in resetting, and the arm 28 engages said arm 30,the latter will yield slightly, but not to the extent of a ratchet-toothon the disk 37; thus permittin the said arm 28 to pass by the end ofsaic? arm 30. At the next forward movement of the disk 16 by theoperating lever 19, 20, to register the first stroke of a new hole, thesaid arm will engage the arm 30 which, through its pawl 33, will nowadvance the disk 37 to the extent of one member which will indicate thenumber of the new hole being played. The arm 30 is retracted after eachforward movement by a spring 35. The arbor 32 is mounted for endwisemovement in its bearings in the casing, being held yieldingly upward bya spring 31, and the said arbor may be depressed in opposition to thestress of said spring by a cap 39 slidingly mounted in a raised portionof the upper casing part 12 and in which said arbor has a bearing at itsupper end.

Connected with the arbor 17 is a torsional spring 42 (Fig. 6) having atendency to rotate said arbor counter-clockwise when the dial 16 is tobe reset. The arbor 32 is also provided with a similar spring 43 (Fig.5) intended for resetting the dial 37. Backward movement of the dial 37is prevented by a spring pawl 38 struck out from the casing.

Mounted on the arbor 17 is a gear wheel 44 whichmeshes with anothersimilar gear wheel 45 on an arbor 46 mounted for endwise movement in itsbearings in a boss on the casing and in a cap 46 slidingly mounted in araised portion of the upper casing art 12, by virtue of a' spring 54interposed .tween the boss in which the lower end of said arbor isjournalled and a collar 55 attached to said arbor. Secured to the arbor46 is a ratchet dial 47 having a series of numerals, 0 to 9, inclusive,which can be made to show successively through an opening 48 in theupper casing part 12. A torsional spring 50 is attached to the arbor 46and has a tendency to rotate said arbor counter-clockwise, backwardmovement of said arbor under the stress of said spring being preventedby a pawl 49 struck out from the casing and engaging the teeth of theratchet dial 47.

Fixed to the arbor 46 is a toothed sector arranged to engage a gearwheel 61 at each rotation of the said arbor 46. The gear wheel 61 isfixed to an arbor 63 to which is also fixed a ratchet dial 62 providedwith a series of numerals from 0 to 9, inelusive. The numerals on thedial 47 denote units. while the numerals on the dial 62 denote tens, andthe dial 62 will be ad winced one number at each rotation of the dial4-7 by virtue of the sector 55, the

numerals of the two dials being read together, as shown in Fig. 1, todenote the total score. Backward movement of the dial 62 is prevented bya pawl 62'. The arbor 63 has a bearing at its lower end in a boss 64formed on the casing part 13 while its upper end has a bearing in asliding cap 65 mounted in a raised portion of the upper casing part 12.Said arbor is adapted for endwise movement by virtue of a spring 67yieldin 1y holding the said arbor upward. Connecte with the arbor 63 isa torsional spring 68 having a tendency to rotate the said arborcounter-clockwise.

The dial 47 is automatically reset to prevent too much winding up of thetorsional spring 50. when it has performed nearly a rotation, by beingtripped in passing from 9 to 0 on the dial. To this end the dial isprovided with lugs 59 in which is pivotally mounted a hub 60 carryin atripping arm 59 and a setting arm 60. S truck downward from a raisedportion of the upper casing part 12 is a tripping lug 57 adapted, in therotation of the said dial. to. be engaged by the tripping arm 59, asdenoted in Figs. 7 and 9, such engagement of said arm with said lugturning the arm 60 upward from the position shown in Fig. 7 to theposition shown in Fig. 8, thereby depressing the dial 47 against thestress of the spring 54 on the arbor 46, thus disengaging the gear wheel45 from the gear wheel 44, and also moving the sector 55" below theplane of the gear wheel 61. This de ressing movement of the arbor 46also carries the ratchet dial out'b'f engagement with its holding pawl49, thereby leaving the arbor 46 free to be turned backward or rotatedclockwise under the stress of the torsional spring 50. The arm 60 has ashoulder at its top which moves against the under side of the raisedpart of the top plate 12 as the ratchet dial 47 turns backward. until inthe backward rotation of said dial, the said arm 60 comes into contactwith av lug 58 struck downward from the top plate 12 as denoted in Fig.8, this contact of said arm with said lug turning said arm from theposition denoted in Fig. 8 to the position denoted in Fig. 8", thuspermitting the dial 47 to be moved upward by the stress of the spring 54and thereby returning the parts to their normal positions.

All of the other dials of the register are provided with resettingdevices cooperating with lugs struck out from the top plate of thecasing, similar to the resetting arms and lugs just above described, sothat should any of the dials have performed a complete. or nearlycomplete, rotation without having been manually reset, as will presentlybe described, they will be automatically returned to their normalpositions. This automatic resetting of the dials will, it will beunderstood, prevent too much winding up of the torsional returningsprings connected to thearbors of all of said dials.

Separated from the other dials, and in no way partakin of theirmovements, is another dial '7 2 ormed as a ratchet wheel and provided,as herein shown, with a series of numerals from tot), inclusive, saidratchet dial being engaged by a pawl 72 struck up from the casing, saidpawl serving to prevent backward rotation of said dial. This dial 72,the numerals of which may bemade to successively appear through anopening 85 in the upper casing part 12, is intended to register thenumber of holes won by an individual player in a match game. At eachhole won by said player the dial will be rotated to the extent 0 onenumber by means of a lever 74 having a spring pawl 76, said leverextending outward through a slot in the casing and the walls of whichslot limit its movements. After having been moved forward to partiallyrotate the dial 72 the said lever will be retracted by means of' aspring 74 This lever for rotating the dial 72 is similar in constructionto the lever 19. 20, hereinbefore described for manually rotating thedial 16, said lever 74 being pivoted on a boss 75 on the casing and inwhich boss the arbor 73, carrying the dial 72. has a bearing at itslower end, said arbor being adapted for endwise movement by virtue ofthe spring 79 interposed between said boss and a collar 80 fixed to saidarbor. The arbor 73 has a bearing at its upper end in a cap 77 slidinglymounted in a raised portion of the upper plate 12; and connected withthe arbor 73, and having a tendency to rotate the same in a clockwisedirection, is a torsional spring 84. When it is desired to reset thedial 72 the arbor 73 will be depressed by pushing in the cap 77 thuslowerin the dial- 72 out of engagement with its hol ing pawl 72 andpermitting the torsional spring 84 to turn the said dial back to zero,the return movement of said-dial being arrested by a lug 58 operating inconnection with a stopping arm 60.

In the use of this improved register the dial 16 will be advanced onenumber by the manual operation of the lever 19, 20, after each stroke,and the dial 37 will be advanced one number after each re-settingmovement of the said dial 16. as hereinbefore explained As ishereinbefore indicated the total score for the course will be registeredby the two dials 62 and 47, the former dial indicating tens and thelatter units, while the hole of the course which is being played will beregistered by the dial 37, and the number of strokes for the each holepla ed will be registered by the dial 16. us after a hole has beencompleted, the cap 26 will be depressed, thus freeing the ratchet dial16 from its holding awl 16 and also disengaging the gear whee l 44 fromthe gear wheel 45 thereby freein the arbor 17 so as to permit it to berotate backward or counter-clockwise by the torsional spring 42 untilthe dial isstopped by an engagement of an arm 59 on said dial with astopping lug 57 as denoted in Fig. 8 in connection with the dial 47; allthe otherdialsbeing stopped in a similar manner after having beenmanually or automatically depressed for resetting. a

In the form of my invention shown in Figs. to 14, inclusive, thenumerals, in stead of being placed on the faces of the registeringdials, are placed on the peripheries thereof, and in these viewsillustrating this other form of my invention the arts corresponding tothe parts shown in igs. 1 to 9 inclusive, and performing the samefunctions, are denoted by similar numerals so-as to facilitate a clearunderstanding of this other 'form of my invention without repetition ofdescri tion. In this other form of the invention sliown in Figs. 10 to14, inclusive, as the gear wheels 44 and 45 are separated from eachother, an idler gear 63*, revolving freely on the arbor 63, is interosedbetween the gears 44 and 45. This idler gear 63" is mounted on the shaft6.3 between a washer 63" and a collar 63. Also in this other form of myinvention the match score dial 72 is mounted on a sleeve shaft 73" intowhich one end of the shaft 46 extends, a coil spring 54 being inter dbetween the inner end of said sleeve 73 and the sector gear 55* on theshaft 46 to hold the parts in place and permit the caps 77 and 46 to bepressed inward in resetting the dials. To operate the dial 37 a sectorgear'28 is fastened to arbor 17 and said sector engages a gear wheel 34on the arbor 32 to artially turn the same arbor and the hole dial 37mounted thereon at the proper intervals.

With the exceptions noted all of the parts in Figs. 10 to 14, inclusive,are similar to and perform the same functions in the same manner as theparts denoted by similar numerals in FigsQl to 9, inclusive.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the register comprises adial '16 for registering the strokes of each hole of the course, dials47 and 62 for registering the total score of the course, a dial 37 fordenoting which of the holes of the course is being played, and a dial 72for denoting the number of holes which have been won by an individualplayer in a match game. In reading the register as the numerals areshown in Figs. 1 and- 10 it will be understood that 4 strokes have beenregistered for the 16th hole of the course, and that the total score sofar is 68. The match game dial 72 denotes that 9 holes have been won bythe player carrying the register.

Havin thus described m invention I claim and desire to secure by ttersPatent:

1. In a golf stroke register, the combination with a suitable casing, ofa single dial within said casing for registering the number of strokesfor each hole of the course, and dials, geared to said firstnamed means,for registering the total score of the course, the indicating numeralson these various dials being so located as to be all visible at one faceof said casing.

2. In a golf stroke register, the combination with a suitable casing, ofa single dial within said casing for registering the number of strokes-for each hole of the course, and dials geared to said first-named dial,for registering the total score of the course and also for registeringthe number of the hole of the course being played, the indicatingnumerals for these various plays being so located as to be all visibleat one face of said casing.

3. In a golf stroke register, the combina tion with a suitable casing,of a dial for registering the number of strokes for each hole of thecourse, said dial being provided with a series of numerals, manual meansfor rotating said dial to cause the numerals thereon to appearsuccessively through an opening in said casing, dials, geared to saidfirst-named dial and provided with numerals to denote the total score ofthe course, and a dial, also operated from said first-named dial, forregistering the number of the hole of the course which is being pla ed.

4. In a golf stroke register, t e combination with a suitable casing, ofa dial for re istering the number of strokes for each hole of thecourse, said dial being provided with a series of numerals, manual meansfor rotating said dial to cause the numerals thereon to appearsuccessively through an opening in said casing, dials geared to saidfirst-named dial and provided with numerals to denote the total score ofthe course, spring-pressed, endwise movable arbors by which said dialsare carried, torsional returning springs connected with said arbors,holding means for normally preventing backward movements of said dialsunder the influence of said springs, automatic means for releasing saiddials from said holding means, to ermit the returning springs to resetthe dlals, said automatic means comprising lugs stationary with saidcasing and pivoted arms carried by said dials, and stationary stoppinglugs co-operating with said arms and servmg to arrest the backwardmovements of said dials when returned by said springs to their normalpositions to indicate 0 on the register.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

BERN HARD M. BESKOW.

